Euphorbia indica Lam., it is an annual herb, up to 50 high; stem glabrescent. Leaves opposite, elliptic-oblong, 8.2-16 x 05 – 08 mm, obliquely cordate at base, serrulate at margin, obtuse-retuseat apex, glabrouscent, glaucous beneath; 5-pairs; petiole 02 mm long, pubescent. Stipule united with petiole base, filiform, pubescent. Cyathia 2 mm across, pale pink, solitary, axillary, aggricated, lower and upper axile, peduncle, up to 1.5 cm long, pubescent. Gland 4, reddish, appendages, ovoid-oblong, petloid at limp. Male flowers, small, bracteole, striate. Stamens 5 – 10, filament united with pedicel, equal; anther 2-celled, ovoid, 0.2 mm across. Female flowers, pendulous, solitary, Ovary sub globose, 01 mm across, white puberlous, 3-loculed, ovules 3, solitary, style 3, 2-fid, 0.3 mm long, curved-reflexed, stigma minutely obtuse. Capsules 3-angled, ovoid-sub globose, puberlous, seeds 3, oblong-ellipsoid, transversely furrowed.
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